Warde Manuel destroyed our athletic program

[SonsOfNutmeg]

This is sad. one kid, who looked unsteady at best.

Some of the red shirts on the OL better be the real deal .

Agreed. OL has been our issue for years!

 

[whaler11]

Say what you will about p, and he was horrible here. But he recruited Cochran, Lagow, Newsome, and Noel Thomas. Show me the comparable diaco recruits? Diaco has been here longer than P, where are his recruits lighting it up?

So yeah he was a disaster and diaco may have increased vitamin D but in some ways he has been even worse.

Some posters whose opinion I respect kept defending Diaco's failures with clock management, saying it's easiest area for a coach to improve in. I was highly skeptical as this has been a problem with this coach since day 1. The premise was that it looked like Diaco looked like could build a program even if he still needed to up in his in game coaching.

At this point, it looks like Diaco is good at neither.

It is amazing that Diaco and crew can't figure out timeouts nor the clock.

12 years olds with XBoxes know time management inside and out.

I guess I figured if one could pull off getting this job, one could figure out when to call time out - but no dice.

 

[jdb50]

Having to take the timeout on 3rd and short on our first drive against Temple was such a glaring example of why things are spiraling out of control for Diaco. When people are sifting through the ashes of his coaching stint here I think his choice of assistants will stick out as a big reason for his downfall. We are stuck showing no progress with problems that have been apparent for his entire tenure. His offensive staff struggles with the pace of the game and now the defense is unable to stop the pass in a passing conference. Bob can't do it all, isn't qualified on the offensive side and he did not create a staff to upgrade the level of play when compared to our opponents.

 

[noeynox]

It is amazing that Diaco and crew can't figure out timeouts nor the clock.

12 years olds with XBoxes know time management inside and out.

I guess I figured if one could pull off getting this job, one could figure out when to call time out - but no dice.

There are clock issues, and then there is whatever the hell is going with this guy. The first year I really believed it was about teaching the kids in a throwaway season. By year 2, it was apparent it was a coaching deficiency, by the Maine game this year it just seemed he was lost and not learning. It defies logic. it's not just timeouts, it's every conceivable aspect of clock management. Not knowing when to spike the ball or getting off a quick snap before a play is reviewed.
It defies logic that someone could be bad in all areas of the clock but we managed to find the needle in the haystack of coaches who is.